Averse 是一个容易与小站（微信公众号：田间小站）推送过的adverse相混淆的单词，两者可以一并联想记忆。从词源上来看， averse 一词最早于15世纪中期经古法语avers（敌对的、对抗的）或者直接由拉丁语avertere（转身离开）的过去分词aversus（转身离开的、转身背对的）进入英语，则是用来表示“反对的、不喜欢的、不愿意的、嫌恶的”，常用搭配 averse to (doing) sth ，多意味着对某个事物有着强烈的厌恶或反对，从而对其进行阻止或回避

He was averse to nagging at his son.他不喜欢唠叨他的儿子。

Quite naturally, these managers are averse to depriving themselves of able subordinates.很自然，这些主管不愿意失去能干的下属。

Yet, she noted, many young people are especially risk averse at school—afraid that one low test score or mediocre grade could cost them a spot at a selective university.真题用例

reluctant: unwilling and hesitant; disinclined loath: reluctant; unwilling indisposed: averse; unwilling然而，她指出，许多年轻人尤其不愿在学校冒险——担心一次考试的低分或者差成绩就可能让他们失去进入名牌大学的机会。出自大学英语六级考试（2018年6月1卷 阅读B）同近义词